That was actually a sci-fi/horror novel by Alan Dean Foster, “Into the Out Of”. I don’t remember anything about that novel except the tire treads, and I have never looked at them the same after that.
Cats would be inscrutable at poker (as opposed to bird watching… ) The cat should be saying to the dog, " “This time, if you have a good hand, don’t say Bow WOW!”
That was actually a sci-fi/horror novel by Alan Dean Foster, “Into the Out Of”. I don’t remember anything about that novel except the tire treads, and I have never looked at them the same after that.